Wednesday, November 24, 2010

In today's episode our heroes; Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Rick 'E Coli' Edelstein discuss in detail the burgers at Brasserie T! and then order desert while trying to figure out if there is anything they don't do well at Brasserie T!

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Kool and the Gang for the music, AJ Cornell for the voices you hear in your head and YOU for listening.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Kool and the Gang for the music, AJ Cornell for the voices you hear in your head and YOU for listening.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Since pretty much forever, The Meers Store in Oklahoma has been serving hamburgers made from cattle raised (and I presume butchered) on their own ranch. Now I hear of this place, called Farm Burger in Georgia that is doing the same thing.

Right now there are five new hamburger joints that have opened up, or are opening up in Montreal. And that number seems to only get larger as more time passes. So how long until some entrepreneur decides to combine ranch and restaurant here?

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

In today's episode our heroes continue listening to Stan Lekakis explain the ideas and concepts behind Smart Burger. The discussion returns to the nature of the beef. Stan leaves, and our heroes return to the matter at hand, eating hamburgers. And what about the bathrooms?

The Butcher and the Cold Room at Smart Burger

The Broiler and Staff at Smart Burger

Smart Burger is located at 2159 boulevard Cure-Labelle in Laval, their phone number is (450) 687-7627, their website is smartburger.ca and they are open seven days a week from 11 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock at night, 11 o'clock Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Frank Zappa and The Moldy Peaches for the music, Jessica Grosman for the voices you hear in your head and YOU for listening.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

L'Épicerie wastes a lot of money and time telling you what I can tell you way quicker and cheaper. The bigger, fancier and more expensive hamburgers at fast food restaurants have more calories, fat and salt than the regular ones, and don't taste all that better.

There are so many things wrong with this that it is almost like Siamese twin pigs with wings - you can't help but watch. And on top of it, I love seeing Quebecois tributes to American culture. They miss spectacularly, but in such a way that you have to smile.

I think the closest we'll get to something like that here is Brother's Restaurant in Vancouver, as San Diego was named after a Franciscan monk, and at Brother's Restaurant the waiters are all dressed as Franciscan monks.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

In today's episode our heroes meet a very special guest. Stan Lekakis is one of the owners of Smart Burger, listen in as he explains in detail the concept, idea and how Smart Burger came to be. And if you listen closely you can hear E Coli change his mind, more than once.

The bills for the cheeseburgers

Want to become a preferred guest? On the flip side they ask for your comments

Smart Burger is located at 2159 boulevard Cure-Labelle in Laval, their phone number is (450) 687-7627, their website is smartburger.ca and they are open seven days a week from 11 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock at night, 11 o'clock Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Frank Zappa and The Moldy Peaches for the music, Jessica Grosman for the voices you hear in your head and YOU for listening.

Ricardo adds ginger, garlic and an egg (one quick clue that something is not quite right with the burgers when you add an egg) at 10:39 of the video, adds his salt at 12:21 and the spices at 12:35 and then manipulates the whole concoction for 99 seconds! (From 14:24 to 16:03).

I have no idea how the burgers they cooked tasted, but I presume that with the ginger, garlic, egg and spices that it wasn't too beefy, and I would also venture a guess that the texture was much closer to meatloaf than a hamburger. So I figure that they might want to rename the recipe Meatloaf berbéré/berbère d'Ethné de Vienne.